Life-boat.



- G. JOHNSON.

LIFE BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 30,1910.

980,790. Patented Jam 3, 1911.

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G. JOHNSON.

LIFE BOAT. APPLICATION FILED APE.30,1910.

Patented Jan 3, 1911.

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UNITED STATES ATEN OFFICE.

LIFE-B OAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAF JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Starbuck, in the county of Pope and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Boats, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to boats and primarily to life boats, the samebeing provided with a plurality of buoys or floats on its outer edge forpreventing capsizing of the same. a

The object of the present invention is to provide a boat, of the typedescribed, with fittings secured to the under side which may, in casethe boat capsizes, be used to aid the occupants in their efforts to savethemselves.

It further provides a plurality of detachable floats or buoys which maybe removed from the sides of the boat and thrown out to any one who isin need of help and aid him to the boat.

For a full understanding of the present invention reference is to be hadto the following description, claims, and the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a top plan view of the boat; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view illustrating thefittings secured to the under side of the boat; Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken on line iri of Fig. 2; Fig. is a detailed sectionillustrating the manner of securing the buoys to the sides of the boat;Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating the manner of fastening therailing to the top edge of the boat; Fig. 7 is a perspective of one ofthe floats.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates the hull ofthe boat having secured to the gunwale the railings 11, the saidrailings being provided with upward central off-set portions 12 in whichthe oars may cooperate with a pin 22 centrally disposed in said ofl-setportion and carried by the gunwale. Secured to the sides, adjacent tothe gunwale, are a plurality of floats or air compartments 13 conformingto the contour of the boat, the forward ones tapering to points andlying close to the bow thus reducing the resistance of the forwardmovement to a minimum. One of the floats on each side of the boatoppositely disposed to each other, is detachably secured to the hull 10by the supporting arms 15, one end of which is rigidly secured to theboat and the other end having a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 558,735.

hinged clamping arm 16 having the same curve as the float and providedwith a hook 17 adapted to engage the gunwale for re taining the saidfloats to the boat.

Secured to the sides of the boat adjacent the keel by means of brackets18 is a cable or railing 19, the same extending from the bow and on eachside of the keel to the stern, said brackets spacing the railing 19 fromthe sides of the boat thus permitting the easy grasping of the same.Centrally secured and on each side of the keel adjacent the railing 19are a plurality of oars conforming to the contour of the boat, said oarsbeing retained by means of the hooks 21. By having the oars sopositioned and so shaped it will readily be seen that they will nothinder the boat in its forward movement and will provide a means wherebythe boat may be propelled should the same be capsized and the oars lost.The auxiliary oars 20 being curved to conform with the bottom structureof the boat are so arranged that the ends engage beneath the member 19and adjacent brackets 18 coact with the oars to prevent longitudinaldisplacement thereof. Furthermore, it is contemplated that the arms 16,by which the detachable floats 13 are held in place shall be movableoutwardl into a position in which they project latera ly from the boat,in this manner providing members adapted to be readily grasped bypersons thrown into the water, and who may not be in reach of the hullof the boat or other projecting parts. To facilitate detachment of thefloats 13, and since said floats may be difficult to raise from theirsupported positions on the arms 15, the clamping arms 16 may be providedwith lever extensions 16 so that when the arms 16 are thrown outwardlythey will raise each float 13 sufficiently to enable it to be readilydisengaged from the boat.

hat is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a boat, of a railing, aplurality of brackets secured to said boat for retaining said railing ina spaced relation thereto, oars detachably secured to said boat andhaving their broadened portions engaged underneath the said railing, anda hook member adapted to bind over the smaller portion of said oars anddetachably engaging with the brackets, for the purposes herein setforth.

2. The combination with a boat, of a plurality of detachable floatscarried thereby at the side thereof, arms supporting said floats,retaining members pivoted to said arms and engageable with the gunwaleof the boat to prevent displacement of said floats, said retainingmembers being provided With lever extensions projecting beneath thefloats to raise the latter When the retaining members are disengagedfrom the boat and for imparting a rotary movement to said floats 10 whenthe retaining members are engaging the boat, said retaining members alsohaving one of their terminals shaped to correspond to the contour ofsaid gunwale as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature is in presence of twoWitnesses.

GUSTAF JOHNSON. lVitnesses:

OSCAR J oHNsoN, ADoLr JOHNSON.

